12 July, 2013

Distant past can determine today's behaviour


Frequently the distant past helps us determine how we should behave today.

Stygofauna, highly specialized organisms that have been around for millions of years, look likely to seriously disrupt Santos’ biggest coal seam gas project in the New South Wales Pilliga Forest.

Those concerned about the almost certain contamination of the area’s aquifers by hydraulic process used to access the natural gas will be celebrating the existence of the stygofauna.

The ABC reported today about the Pilliga project in it story headed: “Ancient stygofauna could halt Santos’ Pilliga coal seam gas project”.

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